RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a document signed by Columbus sponsors Ferdinand and Isabella, an autograph letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, an original Force print of the Declaration of Independence, and a signed handwritten letter by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Artifacts offered include Ernest Hemingway’s baseball cap and a Beretta Carcano M1891 Cavalry Carbine commissioned by Prince Amadeo of Savoy. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in August 2016.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Winston Churchill155 - Winston Churchill
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Signed book: The World Crisis. First abridged edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover, 7 x 9.5, 866 pages. Signed on the first fre...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Winston Churchill156 - Winston Churchill
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Ink signatures, “Winston S. Churchill” and “Clementine S. Churchill,” the latter adding the date, “7.5.24,” on an off-white 6.25 x 1.5 slip. Matted an
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Emperor Hirohito157 - Emperor Hirohito
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Scarce circa 1921 ink signature of Hirohito in Japanese on an off-white 7.25 x 5.5 album page. Also signed below in ink by Prince Kan'in Kotohit...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hua Guofeng158 - Hua Guofeng
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Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008) who served from 1976–1980; he was eventually outmaneuvered by Deng Xiaoping, who forced hi...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Nikita Khrushchev and Georgy Malenkov159 - Nikita Khrushchev and Georgy Malenkov
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Scarce pair of ink signatures in Cyrillic, “N. Khrushchev, 27/IV-56,” and “G. Malenkov, 30-3-56,” on individual pink 4.5 x 3.5 album pages still conta
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Marie Louise160 - Marie Louise
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Second wife of Emperor Napoleon I of France (1791-1847). ALS in French, signed “Louise,” 4.5 x 6.75, September 5, 1832. Written from Schonbrunn, a let
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Napoleon161 - Napoleon
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Partly-printed DS rapidly signed “Napol,” one page, 23.25 x 17.75, August 24, 1811. Document conferring the title of “Baron of Our Empire” upon Franco
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon162 - Napoleon
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Autograph endorsement, “Refuse, Np,” penned in the left margin of a manuscript document in French, signed “C. de Hunebourg,” one page, 8.75 x 12.75, M
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Estimate : 1,700.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Soviet Peace Committee163 - Soviet Peace Committee
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TLS in French signed by Dmitri Shostakovich, Yuri Gagarin, Galina Ulanova, Nikolay Semyonov, Sergey Konenkov, and Sergei Gerasimov, two pages, 8.25 x
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Emiliano Zapata164 - Emiliano Zapata
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TLS in Spanish, one page both sides, 8.5 x 13.25, Liberation Army Headquarters letterhead, June 7, 1916. Circular issued by Zapata concerning rival re
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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